bumbler
Example Sentences
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When Dilbert’s boss came off as a cruel bumbler in the cartoons, O’Neill said, “I always think it’s not me. It must be somebody else.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Rather than being an insecure bumbler with whom we sympathize, Thomas comes across as a shrill, jealous whiner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2021
Adam, in this interpretation, was obviously just a bumbler and a dupe.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2019
Ronell—a brilliant theorist of language—positions herself, in effect, as a linguistic bumbler unaware of her language’s effects.
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2018
I am as great a bumbler as I am a coward.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
